raaifontein will soon see the development of the first ever plastics-to-oil
plant in Cape Town.
Moreover, this waste-to-energy project
will be the first for any South-African municipality.
On Wednesday, 12 March, Cape Town
Mayor Patricia de Lille, signed an agreement with a Japanese consortium for the establishment of the pilot project at the city’s
integrated waste management facility in

Kraaifontein.
It is made possible through a Japanese government grant to the value of R10 million,
to foster technology export from this Asian
powerhouse.
The city’s mayoral committee member for
utility services, Ernest Sonnenberg, said the
project will go a long way to stimulate the
economy and contribute to a sustainable city, while at the same time reducing the environmental impacts of plastic.
“The plant will be able to convert 500kg of
plastic into approximately 500 litres of heating oil daily, by means of a pyrolysis techni-

que. Some of the oil will be used to power
a generator, while the rest will be available
for sale as heating oil in industrial processes,” he said.
Pyrolysis is a thermochemical decomposition of organic material and also some kind
of plastics, at elevated temperatures in the
absence of oxygen. It involves the simultaneous change of chemical composition and
physical phase, and is irreversible.
He added that the project, if successfull,
will attract investment that what will generate job creation.
The consortium, consisting of the Japane-

se firms, CFP Corporation and Kanemiya
Co. Ltd. and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), will be partnering
with the city.
The pilot project will run for six months,
after which it will be assessed and decisions
made on the sustainability and affordability. The plant will then become the property
of the city.
After the signing of a memorandum of
agreement, De Lille described this initiative as a wonderfull opportunity for building
partnerships.
V To page 2.

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No limits to
business innovation
An upcoming workshop by the No Limits
group promise to shake up your business
with innovation and fresh ideas.
This networking group is set up to build
business contacts, create a knowledge and
mentoring source, give business people referrals for business and provides a forum to
network.
The workshop on Tuesday 15 April zones
in on social media and how this can be used
as a tool for enabling you to brand your business for all social media platforms.
It is presented from 11:00 to 15:30 at Rusten-Vrede in Wellington Road, Durbanville.
The cost is R450 per person, including a
light lunch and hands-on computer experience. Booking is essential.
V Contact Mary Anne Murray of No Limits on
082 882 5656 or send an email to mur­
ray.mam@gmail.com to book.

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“We have committed ourselves to finding
examples of best practice in the world and
to bringing these to Cape Town to enhance
our government structures.
Sometimes these types of partnership mean investment. Sometimes they mean a
transfer of skills.
Yet other times they mean a legacy,” she
said.
“By sharing this technology with us in a
pilot site, the consortium will help grow the
knowledge and skills base of the city. Further you will help us explore potential environmentally friendly solutions and solutions of potential economic benefit, to the city
as an organisation and a place.”
She added that the pilot site is a solid demonstration of the city’s willingness to try
new things and new technologies in order to
improve efficiency.
“While I will not anticipate any outcomes
for the project, I think we should appreciate
the fact that we are taking a chance with this
experiment and giving it the space to succeed or fail, in the best tradition of trying
new things.”
Sonnenberg said that the poilot project is
expected to start in March of April 2015.
“The start date is subject to authorisations, which will include an Environmental
Impact Assessment and an Air Quality Licence,” he said.
The pyrolysis plant will be set up over the
next year.

The pyrolysis plant will be set up at the Kraaifontein waste management facility over the next
year.
PHOTO: DESIREÉ RORKE

he city is serious about bringing road offenders to book and plans are
underway to prevent warrants of arrest from becoming dormant and not being executed.
A backlog at court level may be making
it difficult for the city to speed up getting
fines paid and warrants executed, but the
city’s Jean-Pierre Smith, mayco member
for safety and security, said the city was
already working on the problem.
“We have put new processes in place,
with more to follow, to prevent warrants
becoming dormant and not executed, and
to ensure that we can catch up with the
backlog,” he told TygerBurger. “We have
not gone public with this as we are still
thinking about it and contemplating the
legal and practical implications,” he said.
The discussion with Smith follows after
an enquiry by TygerBurger about a statement by a ward councillor that the city Jean­Pierre Smith, Mayco member for Safety
would be logging residents’ complaints of and Security.
PHOTO: JAN GERBER
reckless taxi drivers and taking this into
account when those taxi drivers next ap- dence collected by a third party – for
plied for the renewal of their licences. example someone reporting something to
a call centre by phone, SMS, Twitter or
Smith said he wasn’t aware of this.
“When I previously approached the Na- email – they were very clear that only oftional Prosecuting Authority about the fences witnessed by the authorised official
possibility of the city taking action (i.e. is- (Traffic, Metro Police or Law Enforcement
suing fines) based on complaints or evi- officer) could be given a notice,” he said.

“Anybody else witnessing a driving offence had to go lay a charge with the police
and the detective would then have to investigate the matter and the prosecutor
would have to decide whether to prosecute.”
He said the process was cumbersome
and he did not believe it could work.
“I tested it twice with residents in Sea
Point, laying charges at the police for reckless and negligent driving and in both cases the matters made no progress – either
not being investigated, or with the prosecutor declining to prosecute,” he said.
He said the city has been considering the
possibility that people be allowed to report
bad driving and then using the information to identify drivers with existing offences that have reached the stage of warrants of arrest. “Part of the problem with
this is that it could create the impression
that we were not already doing everything
we could do execute these warrants, which
would be incorrect. In reality there are so
many and finding the people is so difficult
that in the end some warrants will simply
become dormant.” He said this was the reason the city had put the new, yet unpublished processes in place to ensure they
catch up with the backlog.
V The city’s C3 complaints system allows residents
to log complaints. Residents can use the system
by emailing contact.us@capetown.gov.za or via
Twitter @CityofCT, or by calling 0860 103 089.

law enforcement officers to lay charges and
fine perpetrators.
“Littering and illegal dumping is viewed
in a serious light, and we will come down
on perpetrators with full force.”
Admission of guilt fines range between
R500 and R5 000, and should the case go to
court, a fine of up to R10 000 or jail time can
be given.
Perpetrators will also have to pay
amounts of up to R1 000 to have their vehicles released.

Illegal dumping constitutes the depositing or discharging of waste anywhere other
than designated waste collection facilities.
It harms the environment, blocks drains
and stormwater canals, can pose a health
hazard and spread disease and even cause
injuries to children.
V See a list of drop­off sites in the city on our website
at www.tygerburger.co.za.
V To report perpetrators contact the city’s emergen­
cy call centre on 107 from a landline or otherwise
021 480 7700.

‘Dump site’ to be turned into housing
DESIREÉ RORKE
@dezzierorke

A planned new housing development
seems to be the only long term solution for
the ongoing problems with the overgrowth and dumping on a vacant plot in
Kraaifontein – and if all goes according to
plan, construction will start in a couple of
weeks.
TygerBurger last week reported on the
health risks this plot, on the corner of Dan
King and Milton roads, posed to nearby residents (“Land poses health risk”, TygerBurger 12 March).
Illegal dumping and other by-law transgressions on this land, mainly by vagrants
and builders, caused the land to become
a “public toilet” and illegal dumpsite for
builders in the area, resulting in several
odours and pests overrunning the area.
After an investigation, TygerBurger
this week established that the land, originally believed to still be in the possession
of a bank, in fact now belongs to Camalis
Development, who acquired it from the
previous bankrupt estate, at the end of last
year.
Heindrich Koen, senior environmental

health practitioner, last
week confirmed that the
property was recently
transferred to Camalis Development.
New owner David Williams, told TygerBurger
they plan to develop a secure housing complex on
the land, which will ultimately enhance the value
of the area.
“The legal processes involved in acquiring the land dragged on for some time.
It has not been an easy process, but safe
for one more minor hold-up, we should be
on site within a few weeks,” he said.
According to Williams they have continuously tried to keep the land clean.
Ward councillor Carin Brynard said the
final application for the development is
currently in process at council, but has
not yet served before the sub-council.
In a recent correspondence to Brynard,
Koen said the health department has on
numerous occasions served notices in
terms of the Environmental Health ByLaw, on the owners to clean the property
and that they have complied in clearing

“The legal proces­
ses involved in
acquiring the land
dragged on for
some time.”

Exciting science show in
Cape Town this week
Can you really launch marshmallows out
of a vacuum cleaner, make rockets from
common household items, or discover how
the Square Kilometre Array telescope
works using a leaf blower cannon?
The Cape Town Science Centre will be
hosting Dr Graham Walker from Australia
for two public science shows only at the Science Centre on Main Road in Observatory.
The first show on Thursday 20 March, will
take place at 19:00 and be part of a night of
science activities for family groups. The second show will also take place at the centre
at 13:00 on Friday, 21 March as part of the
centres Human Rights Day celebrations.
Walker has been performing science
shows for the past 13 years and is one of only two people in the world with a PhD in
science show performance. His unique
brand of high-energy delivery and amazing
science regularly thrills audiences around

the overgrowth on each occasion.
“However, the evident
dumping of building rubble, waste material and
garden refuse is problematic and difficult to control.
It seems that the general
public see this vacant land
as a dumpsite and dumping usually takes place
during night time.
“It is almost impossible to trace the culprits,” he said.
He added that the health department
has no legislation to force the owner to encircle the property with fencing.
It is however the responsibility of the
owner to keep the property clean. A notice
will be served on the owner to clear the
property of all waste material and on failure to comply, the city will clean the property on the owner’s expense.
“I have been informed by Williams that
the development of the property will commence in the near future. This will be the
only long term solution for the ongoing
problems with the overgrowth and dumping,” he said.

the world. Prepare yourself for some serious mind-boggling science as Walker explodes and experiments his way through the
physics of pressure and motion and the chemistry of things go boom. With lots of audience involvement, laughs, learning and exciting experiments, this action-packed
show is a celebration of the fun in science.
The Cape Town Science Centre moved from
Canal Walk shopping centre to Observatory and since its move at the end of December 2011 has impacted on more than 150 000
people. The Cape Town Science Centre is
a registered non-profit organisation established some 13 years ago to promote an interest in science and technology to the general public and support science learning taking place in the classroom.
V For further information or bookings contact the
Cape Town Science Centre on 021 300 3200 or
083 276 9508.

M-KEM’s STORE team
The stars that make things
happen behind the scenes

The strong arm of the law is tightening
around those culprits still making themselves guilty of illegal dumping.
Recent amendments to the Solid Waste
Bylaw, which regulates dumping, now empower local authorities to confiscate and impound the vehicles of perpetrators.
So says Brackenfell and Kraaifontein
ward councillor Carin Brynard, who is also
the chairperson of the City of Cape Town’s
safety and security portfolio.
“This amendment came towards the end
of last year as a result of our ongoing fight
against perpetrators of this bylaw,” she
said.
According to Brynard the main perpetrators remain building contractors and some
corporate companies.
“They do not want to pay the small fee
charged for bigger loads at the landfill sites,
and thus send their vehicles and trucks to
dump rubble or waste on open fields and
plots during night-time,” she says.
The fee charged at landfill sites for loads
bigger then 1.3 tons is R57.
“Ward councillors in all areas receive regular complaints about this activity in our
neighbourhoods.” She urges residents to
write down the registration number or take
a photo of the vehicle with their cellphones
if possible, when they see someone dumping
waste or rubble on an open field or plot, and
report it to law enforcement.
Brynard says this evidence can be used by

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Toll still looming in the Cape
MAGRIET THERON
@magrietron

E

ven though the Western Cape High
Court has not yet finished reviewing
the South African National Roads Association Limited (Sanral)’s proposal to install toll gates on the N1 and N2 west of the
R300, the media is abuzz with claims that
Sanral will proceed with this development.
An interim High Court interdict was
granted in May last year, preventing Sanral
from advancing this project, pending the
court’s review. Should the project go ahead,
about 180 km of freeway in the province will
be tolled at five new plazas. The High Court
review date has not been determined yet.
“This government remains opposed to the
tolling of the N1 and N2 and will do everything in our power to prevent this from being imposed on our city and our residents,”
Brett Herron, mayoral committee member
of transport, said last Wednesday.

Locations selected
According to Kobus van der Walt, regional manager for Sanral, they tried to select
the location of the toll plazas so that it will
not impact people who come to town on a

daily basis.
“There was a lot of alternatives that were
looked at. One alternative was to put it at
Okavango interchange. But we have done
away with that. It has now moved to the
other side of Joostenbergvlakte between the
Engen garage and the R44 that turns off to
Stellenbosch. So it will not impact on the
commuters from Brackenfell to town, who
have to commute on a daily basis. That’s the
rationale for the one,” Van der Walt told TygerBurger. “The other toll plazas on the N1
is the existing plaza at the Huguenot tunnel
and the next one is at Sandhills, on the other
side of Worcester.
“On the N2 we have the Khayelitsha plaza
and that was a huge concern because of the
poverty in the area. The proposed plaza was
moved to the other side of Khayelitsha, to
Kuils River.
“It was placed so that residents can deviate and go around the plaza. People in Khayelitsha can go to town and to Somerset West,
without using a plaza,” Van der Walt explained.
He said a closed system is where you pay
toll no matter which off-ramp you take, but
this will be an open system, which means
there are alternative routes.

Discount
The other plazas on the N2 will be after
Sir Lowry’s Pass on a new portion of road
and then one on the other side of Botrivier.
When asked how the pockets of motorists
will be affected by these proposed plazas
Van der Walt said Sanral does not know, but
a number of discounts will be applicable.
“We have now been stopped by the city before we have finished the process of negotiating with the preferred bidder about what
the rates would be and how many discounts
they are going to afford to motorists.
“The important thing here is that there
was a lot of discount worked into the tender
document, stipulating that they must at least give certain motorists discount. Communities at De Doorns and Botrivier will get
a 70% discount,” he said.
He added that frequent users and local
users will get a substantial discount and
that a discount for public transport will be
negotiated. Although Sanral maintains that
the project will secure 5 000 jobs in the construction phase and 600 direct jobs each year after the construction phase, the DA is
clear about it that the toll project is economic madness.
V To page 5.

Win FAB
prizes for your
wedding day
Are you newly engaged? A soon to be bride?
Then head over to www.tygerburger.co.za
and enter our “Win 4 your wedding” competition.
TygerBurger and FAB Bridal Expo are giving seven lucky couples the chance to win
stunning prizes for their big day.
Prizes include a wedding DJ and furniture (R11 000) by PLAY4U Entertainment;
make–up and hair (R11 000) by New Def Styling Consultants; wedding dress (R30 000) by
Calegra Bridal House; wedding planner
(R20 000) by Venz Weddings & Events Styling; photography (R16 800) by Sibling Photography; videography (R10 000) by Moments2Media; and a FAB combined prize
that includes invites and stationery (R5000)
by The Pink Collection, cake (R3000) by Sophisticake, wedding favours (R5000) by The
House of Chocolates, and decor and flowers
(R5 500) by Polkadot Weddings & Design.
To enter visit www.tygerburger.co.za/
fab, complete our online entry form, tell us
why you deserve the prize and upload a photo of you and your fiance. The competition
closes on 16 April.
Three finalists will be selected in each category. The finalists will be announced on
www.tygerburger.co.za on 23 April and will
then have to attend the FAB Bridal Show
on 10 or 11 May where the winners in each
catagory will be announced. The finalists
will be notified by phone.

Planning your special day?
FAB Bridal Expo, one of the Cape’s most
renowned and glamorous bridal shows, takes place at the Market Hall at GrandWest
on 10 and 11 May and will once again offer
those who are planning their wedding (or
even a special or corporate event, or
birthday party), access to everything they
need for their special day.
FAB brings together service providers
and products from across the Cape and puts
visitors in touch with the various experts
they need in order to plan their wedding or
host a successful event.
V For more information on the competition and FAB
Bridal Expo, contact Desiree Liebenberg of Donato
Events on 021 910 2779 or 084 596 1753, send an
email to desiree@donatoevents.co.za or visit
www.donatoevents.co.za or the Facebook page FAB
Bidal Expo.

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FROM PAGE 4
“It will hit poor commuters hardest. It will
increase the cost of basic goods like food. It
will make Cape Town less competitive and
will kill jobs,” Ivan Meyer, DA leader for the
Western Cape, says.
In a media release shortly after the briefing, Meyer said the whole project is unnecessary.

Quality
“The quality of roads in the Western Cape
is the best in South Africa. There is no need
for tolling here. Our roads are in an excellent
condition,” he claimed.
According to Meyer, Sanral should rather
focus on the many other parts of the country
where road infrastructure is collapsing.
But Sanral is sticking to their guns. According to a recent media presentation, the freeway is in need of rehabilitation and resurfacing and the capacity of the N1 needs to be
improved.
“Interchanges, especially Old Oak and
Durban Road are a concern,” Van der Walt
said from his office in Bellville.
Upgrades
According to Tiago Massingue, project
manager for Sanral, they are starting with
improvements from this point (Durban Road) to the Koelenhof interchange. “We are
widening, we are adding three lanes, we are
improving all interchanges out there, it will
be a better flow. And that is a contribution
for all the citizens in the northern and southern suburbs. So it’s benefits, right from the
start. If you want to visualise it, it will be
like the R300: 3 lanes, barriers, lights,” he
said. “The Huguenot tunnel needs to be upgraded. It was not designed for the amount
of heavy vehicles it has to carry.”

The proposed N1­N2 Winelands Freeway Toll Project will mean five new toll plazas on the freeways west of the R300.

SAMA nomination: The nominees for the 20th annual SAMA awards have been announced and
the Tygerberg Children’s Choir has been nominated in the Best Classical and/or Instrumental
Album, for their album, Glorious. Other local nominees include Van Coke Kartel for Bloed, Sweet &
Trane (Best Rock Album), Andriëtte for Wat Rym met Liefde (Best Afrikaans Contemporary Album)
and Zanne Stapelberg and Kathleen Tagg for Soul of Fire (Best Classical and/or Instrumental
Album).The awards ceremony will take place in April.
PHOTO: NEIL BAYNES

Men, women, kids and dogs walked, skated
and cycled five kilometres to raise funds in
order for deaf children to learn to speak.
Even though some ran the distance and
others used other means of mobility, only
those who walked the whole distance received medals at the Carel du Toit Centre fun
walk at the Tygerberg Hospital in Parow.
Says the centre’s Kim van Niekerk: “All
the funds raised will be used for operating
costs such as audiology services, speech and
occupational therapy, as well as travel costs,
to name but a few.”
There were prizes, raffles and lucky draws
and even goodie bags for the first 500 entrants.
People from as far as Boksburg competed
in the annual get-together, which was held in
glorious sunshine at grounds of Tygerberg
Hospital.
This was the twelfth event of its kind and
every year seems better than the previous
one.
V Go to www.tygerburger.co.za to see a web gallery
of a few more contestants.

The first child (and dog) to cross the line was
Bevan Bruiners and Bolt from Kraaifontein.
Here they are with Carel du Toit Centre’s
Sandra Pietersen. PHOTO: ANDRE BAKKES

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Future leaders impress
DESIREÉ RORKE
@dezzierorke

Future leaders of government and captains
of industry is how Nedbank executive Remo
Moyo, described the 21 bright young finalists of the Nedbank, Western Cape Provincial Treasury and Education, essay competition.
The winners were announced at a gala
function held at the banking giant’s regional
offices in Cape Town on Saturday night.
The northern suburbs dominated the competition with four of the top twelve finalists
hailing from three schools in the area.
Moreover, four local high schools walked
away with the accolades as top performing
schools. Held since 2008 the competition strives to develop the next generation of mathematicians, accountants, economists and bu-

siness decision-makers in the Western Cape.
The top twelve finalists each won an opportunity to access a bursary to an accredited tertiary institution, whereas the overall
winner received a cash prize of R10 000, the
first runner up, R7 500, the second runner
up, R5000. The remaining finalists each received R2000.
The competition was opened last year to
learners from all of the 213 secondary
schools in the Western Cape, taking economics, mathematics or accounting as subjects.
Entrants had to critically analyse South
Africa’s status as an emerging economy in
Africa, with comparisons between the economic and social indicators of its main economic contenders, in an essay of 2200 words.
Lené Dippenaar from Tyberberg High
School walked away with the top prize.

Liamé Smit, also from Tygerberg High
school came in seventh position; Siyasanga
Mbuku from Masibambane Secondary
School in Bloekombos in Kraaifontein was
10th and Katlego Makena from Brackenfell
High School was in 12th position.
Both Brackenfell High School and Masibambane Secondary boasted two finalists
in the top 21. Northern suburbs high
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School and Elsies River Secondary was
awarded as the top performing schools.
Minister for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism in the province, Alan
Winde commended all the finalists for their
courage to enter this competition.
“There is so much potential out there and
South Africa, whose banks still rate at the
top, holds much opportunities for those
wanting to embark on a career within the
finance industry,” he said.
Provincial Education minister Donald
Grant, said that the importance of this particular competition is measured in the quality of the matric passes achieved in the
province in recent years.

write down the serial number indicated on
each wheelie bin for safe keeping.
“To claim a new wheelie bin from the municipality, a police case number is needed
and the police would require the serial
number of the wheelie bin.
“In cases where these bins are retrieved
we can then also trace the owners,” she
said.
She urges the community to report these
incidents or suspects seen walking the
streets with a wheelie bin, to their local police station or law enforcement.
Local resident Stalin Lengarth Koortzen
from Belmont Park, came home to find his
wheelie bin gone from his property on collection day, 5 March.
When he later that evening checked the
material on his surveillance cameras, he
spotted the unknown man stealing the bin.
V See the video provided by Koortzen on
our website video gallery at www.tygerburger.co.za.

@dezzierorke

The theft of municipal wheelie bins from residential homes is still rife in both Kraaifontein and Brackenfell.
Police spokesperson for the area cluster
W/O Erika Crouse, says these bins are usually stolen to be either resold, used by bin
scratchers to move around their ware, or
by burglars to transport stolen goods.
In worse case scenarios a case has been
reported in Wesbank last year, where a
wheelie bin was used to move a body.
“We view this in a very serious light and
if a suspect is spotted with a wheelie bin in
the street, he will be apprehended by a police officer, searched and arrested for the possession of stolen goods.
“After the owner of the wheelie bin is traced and the suspect could be linked to it, the
charges will be changed to theft,” she says.
Crous says it is crucial for residents to

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Cats are destructive
says reader
Regarding the letters “Little
dog died in Morgenster”
(TygerBurger, 12 March) and
“Airguns should be banned”
(TygerBurger, 5 March).
People should keep their pets
on their own property at all
times, especially cats. Cats are
destructive and should be
classified as vermin.
If somebody shoots your cat
with an airgun or drives over
your cat while it is on your
property you may have a case
for complaint. For the rest,
keep them inside your property
and off mine.
This is just one reason why I
don’t keep animals – they are a
nuisance to other people. Why
should I put up with yours?
And no, I didn’t shoot your
or any other animal, but keep
your cats, the attendant mess
and destruction to yourself.
PD BOTHA
Brooklyn

hey’ve survived two world wars and
100 years on, the Cape Town Orchestra
is still going.
This is of course, not without challenges,
but from its humble beginnings as the Cape
Town Municipal Orchestra, the Cape Town
Orchestra has become a cornerstone of music in the city.
The municipal orchestra held its first
performance in February 1914 with merely
18 members, a far cry from the 50 permanent musicians who play for the orchestra
today.
“They were not as professional as we are
now,” says Louis Heyneman, CEO of the
Cape Town Orchestra, adding that Cape
Town was the first city in Africa to have its
own orchestra, which has gone through
many incarnations since its inception.
The Cape Town Orchestra of today is internationally recognised. Their recordings
have won European music awards and Heyneman says they are a world-class orchestra.
Besides the 50 core members, the orchestra also hires ad hoc musicians to join them
to perform bigger pieces. They perform 140
shows a year which means performing two
to three times per week, outside of rehearsals.
In its first year, the orchestra cost 5 000
pounds to run. Today, the yearly cost of keeping the orchestra afloat is more than R20million and funding is the biggest challenge
the ensemble faces.
“We run this orchestra on a shoestring
budget,” Heyneman says, pointing out they
operate on a quarter of the cost that some
orchestras in other major cities work with.

An ‘orchestra for everyone’
The orchestra has three income streams.
The one is ticket sales, which make up only
20% of their budget. They also rely heavily
on funding, including Lotto funding.
The sluggish pace of funding applications
being approved by the national lottery means the orchestra misses a year of funding
from the Lotto at a time. Now that allocations are approved for only one year at a time, as opposed to the three years before,
this could mean that the orchestra may be
without funding more regularly.
While he is careful with his words, Heyneman points out: “This might lead to the
demise of South Africa’s oldest orchestra.”
Most of the people performing in the orchestra have honours’ or masters’ degrees
in music.
Since 2000, the orchestra has been focusing on sustainability. “The only way forward is to empower young people.”
This is why they have set up two youth
orchestras who regularly perform at corporate events and have even been booked to
perform at the Fleur Du Cap awards.
Besides teaching music in townships on
weekdays, the orchestra also provides free
tuition and mentorship on weekends.
“We have to be an orchestra for everyone,” Heyneman says, pointing out that audiences for orchestra performances are
still too white. “To change that we need to
start with the youth.” By getting young people and their parents involved, Heyneman
believes the orchestra will become an orchestra for all seasons and all communities.
As part of their 100 year celebrationswhich includes concerts with top international and local artists, the orchestra will be
releasing a coffee table book later this year.
Capetonions can experience the orchestra at full steam this Friday, when they celebrate Human Rights Day by performing
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with the Cape
Town Symphony Choir and the Tygerberg
choir at Kirstenbosch Gardens.
V Tickets for the performance at Kirstenbosch cost
between R85 and R120 and are available at
www.webtickets.co.za. For more on the orchestra,
visit www.cpo.org.za.
V Visit www.tygerburger.co.za to see photos of the
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Learn the tricks of speaking in public
park, Uys Krige Drive.
Entrance costs R20 and booking is essential due to security access.
V Contact Eric on 082 855 8092 or email Info@sie­
menstoastmasters.co.za to book.

Siemens Toastmasters, a community club,
invites members of the public to come and
learn how to speak in public.
The next meeting is on 19 March from 18:00
to 20:15 at Siemens House, Tygerberg office

High tea hosted at Durbanville wine farm
A delectable high tea will be hosted by Cassia Restaurant during the highly anticipated
bake and wine pairing festival, Cellarbake@Nitida, which takes place at Nitida Cellars on Sunday (23 March).
Two seatings are presented: from 11:00 to
14:00 or from 15:00 to 18:00.
A spread of delicious truffles, tarts, cakes,
éclairs, macaroons and more will be accompanied by a fine selection of fruit infused teas by The Tea Merchant. This special high
tea experience is available at R150 per person.
V To book your seats for this appetizing occasion
contact info@cassiarestaurant.co.za. Space is limi­
ted and booking is essential.

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Woensdag, 19 Maart 2014

A smörgåsbord of sounds
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Heel Hair Rious.heel hair rious

Hair raising
comedy a must
Heel Hair Rious is a comedy with
stand-up characterisation and song
that puts the spotlight on the endless
male and female issues around Hair
and Heels.
Local performer Crystal TryonSingh is known for her work on Blues
Brothers, Mercury Rising and A Coloured Place, as well as her FNB Vita
Awards.
In this production she takes the audience on a roller coaster of laughs
where they’ll meet characters like Diva Divine, from the All Nations Hair
Salon, Lady Favour, the jazz song bird
and the talk show presenter Root D.
Crystal will be joined on stage by
guest artists Tom Lee and Warren
Hendricks.
The show will be on at Winners on
Stage in Paarden Island on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
V Tickets cost R100 and are available at Com­
puticket.

rom their members and their influences to the music they play, 5 Levels Up
are an eclectic bunch.
One common denominator though, is
their passion for music.
“5 Levels Up is basically a group of young,
and not so young musicians, mostly from the
Cape Flats,” says founder and bassist, Rudi
Abrahams.
Besides the band’s guitarist, Paul Papenfus, who Rudi refers to as a heavy metal freak, all the members come from a “church
background”.
Rudi and the band’s previous drummer,
Mark Samuels, started the band out of a desire to start a new band, as both were no longer
playing in church bands.
“We wanted to make music for our generation of people,” Rudi says.
The name comes from the five guys who
were playing with the band when they started.
Since then, the band has gone through many changes. Since the band’s inception,
they’ve had about 12 members come and go,
all with their own influences and style of
playing.

Unique mix of sound
The current line up is Rudi on bass, Paul
on guitar, Wesley Dwyer on synths, Clayton
Lee on drums and Linley Meavers and M9
(Meliza-Jade Franke) on vocals.
With each new member, the band’s sound
changed a little.
They started out with an acoustic sound
which Rudi likens to Hootie and the Blowfish. Then, with the addition of a keyboard,
they went electronic. When Paul arrived on
the scene, the band mixed his metal background with their Jazz and RnB flavour.
“It was quite a unique mix of sound,” Rudi
says. Next to make an impact on the band’s

Linley Meavers, Meliza­Jade Franke (M9) and Rudi Abrahams, from 5 Levels Up, visited the Orange
Couch.
sound was their newest member, Linley.
“He’s sort of like the artist formerly
known as Prince, that type of vibe,” Rudi jokes. Linley, who put an advert on Gumtree,
replaced the band’s previous female vocalist, adding a whole new dynamic to the
band.
The combination of a male and female vocalist has also become an asset for the band
when it comes to do the cover songs that they
also perform. Being a big band – six members – also helps the band recreate all the
sounds of the cover songs they do. A big band
also makes life interesting. They have many
stories of struggling to fit on stages. At one
show, for example, Paul was stuck playing
on top of the speaker.
Although he was going for a Jamiroqaui
sound with funky bass lines, Rudi says the
band’s music is a vast mix with all their influences on display in every song they do.
“In every song we do, even if we do an RnB

song, you can hear that metal guitar coming
from the background somewhere and then
you can hear a bit of gospel influence in the
keyboards,” Rudi explains.
Because the band has had so many members and elements to the band, they have decided to change their name. They haven’t decided to what yet, and invite TygerBurger readers to post suggestions on their Facebook
Page.
The band is also looking at recording soon
and wants to focus on marketing themselves
more. They are looking at commercialising
themselves and working on songs in other
languages, to be able to cover a wider market.
V For more information about 5 Levels Up, visit their
Facebook page where you can also find links to their
website and YouTube videos.
V 5 Levels up performed one of their original songs
on the Orange Couch. Visit www.tygerburger.co.za to
watch their interview and performance.

V Ses Snare sing The Beatles met Blac­
kie Swart, Pieter Smith, MD Greyling,
Thean Kotze, Leon Ecroignard en Peter
Hoven is Donderdag en Vrydag by Die
Boer. R170. Bespreek by www.die­
boer.com of 021 979 1911.
V The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra,
the Cape Town Symphony Choir and
the Tygerberg Choir will be performing
Carmina Burana by Carl Off at Kirsten­
bosch on Friday. Gates open at 16:00 and
the show starts at 17:30. Tickets are avai­
lable at www.webtickets.co.za.
V Crimson House Blues and Pebbleman
will be at Durbanville Golf Club on Friday
for Blues meets Rock. There will be plenty
of lucky draw prizes to be won. R70. Call
021 9768120 to book a table.
V Acid Blues will be at Bay Harbour Mar­
ket in Hout Bay on Friday from 18:00. En­
trance is free.
V Neil Diamond and Friends, a tribute
show with Johan Liebenberg, is on at
Jamrock Theatre on Friday and Saturday.
R125. Call 079 616 4933 to book.

V Boulevard Blues will be at the Cape
Farmhouse in Scarborough on Saturday
from 15:30. Tickets cost R65 or R30 for
children under 12 years. Children under 5
enter free. Call 021 7801246 to book your
ticket.
V Simon & Garfunkel Stripped, perfor­
med by Marcato (aka Ben van Zyl) and
Pieter Smit is on stage at Die Boer on Sa­
turday. R100. Visit www.dieboer.com or
call 021 979 1911 to book.
V Rivkah Hope, Glen Hartmann and Me­
an Black Mamba with Dave Ferguson
will be at the V&A Waterfront Amphithe­
atre on Sunday from 17:30. Entrance is
free.
V Ashweeta will be at Bay Harbour Mar­
ket in Hout Bay on Sunday. Entrance is
free.
V Boulevard Blues will be at Bertie’s
Mooring in Gordon’s Bay on Sunday from
17:00. Entrance is free. Call 021 856 3343
to book.
V Desmond and the Tutus will be at Kir­
stenbosch with Short Straw for the Old
Mutual Summer Sunset Concert series
on Sunday. Gates open at 16:00 and the
show starts at 17:30. Tickets are available
at www.webtickets.co.za.
V Frank Turner, an English singer/song­
writer, will be at Mercury Live on Sunday
with support act, Jon Shaban. R200. Vi­
sit www.parklife.nutickets.co.za/frank­
turner to book.
V The Barleycorn Music Club meets eve­
ry Monday from 20:00 at Villager FC, 11
Lansdowne Road, Claremont. Entrance
costs R30 for non members. Visit
www.barleycorn.org.za for more informa­
tion.
V Adam Tas is van Dinsdag tot Vrydag 28
Maart by Die Boer te sien. R110. Bespreek
by www.dieboer.com of skakel 021 979
1911.

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treetFest (vol2) returns to Killarney
Raceway on Friday with an action
packed programme.
The organisers are planning an exciting
day and this event will therefore start slightly earlier than normal with MSA Drags running from 08:00 till about 15:00 followed by
Street2Strip till 18:00. The Street2Strip entries will, however, be limited to 150 entries
only to give all drivers a fair chance to get
some runs in on the day.
There will also be some spinners performing for the crowds as well as streetcar track
day sessions on the half main circuit during
the course of the day.
Top competitors expected to impress will
include Ralph Kumbier in his twin turbo
powered V8 ChevFirenza, this highly impressive machine has managed an 8,6 second
run at Killarney over the quarter mile. He
is expected to be challenged by Willie Nel in
his Chev Can-Am, Willie often doing sub 10
second runs now days. Other top contenders
may include Eugene Wicomb (Mikes Place
Toyota Supra), Keith vd Poel ( “Bumble Bee”
Chev Manta) and Michael Kayser (Nissan
bakkie). Bad Brad from Pro-Fit exhausts
managed to run 10,9 seconds at the most recent Killarney event, lets see if Brad can improve on this time.

Will the motorcycles be able to stay quickest on the day, Sharief Reynolds managed to
run 8,964 seconds over the quarter mile on
his Suzuki GSXR followed closely by Ebbie
Abrahams (9,036 second Kawasaki ZX14) as
well as Ishmaeel Abrahams (9,555 second
GSXR) and Justin Isaacs (9,790 second Honda CBR1000).
Off track action will see the return of the
very successful “Cape Stance” show at the
Killarney New Pit facility. This is kind of
like a moving show & shine competition
where one can expect to see slammed
(dropped) cars and huge rims.
The “AutopunksSoundoff” promises to be
highly entertaining where bass will be the
order of the day.
There will also be added entertainment in
the form of local music artists such as
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There will also be bar facilities, product
displays & exhibits, a food court supported
by Ola ice-cream, kiddies entertainment and
plenty more for the whole family. Gates open
at 07:00. Tickets cost R60 pp, R40 for u-16s
and u-12s get in free.
Killarney will then play host to the second
round of the National Super Series on Saturday 29 March.

Action headed for Parow
Thursday night sees the African Wrestling Alliance return to the Parow Civic
Center, aptly named the “House of Pain”.
Returning after an almost 4-month absence, Africa’s best wrestlers are set to
start 2014 with an all-out war.
Continuing their heated rivalry, “the
Italian Stallion” Johnny Palazzio (Brackenfell) challenges “The One Show” Vinnie Vegas (Athlone) for his AWA cruiserweight championship. For more than a
year, Vegas has defeated all comers to retain his coveted title, however Palazzio
has continued to be a thorn in his side.
Last December they faced off in a bout
that ended with both men’s shoulders being counted for the final fall. AWA’s general manager declared the match a draw,
and although Vegas would keep his title,
it meant he would have to once again de-

fend it against a very hungry Palazzio.
In another title match, The AWA AllAfrica Heavyweight Champion, The Oz
(Mitchells Plain), is set to defend his title
against the enigmatic Missing Link and
the German giant, Von Steel (Milnerton).
Since winning the title from Shaun Koen
last June, The Oz has been out to prove
that his huge title win was anything but
a fluke. And finally, returning after nearly a year long hiatus, the Durban warrior
and fan favourite Mr Money plans to
make his mark in 2014 and has started
this journey by issuing an open challenge
to anyone on the roster to a fight.
Tickets are available at the door. All reserved seats cost R80, and all unreserved
seats R40.
Call Shaun Koen on 082 456 0792 to book
your seat.

The Kyokushin­kan Western Province championship held at the Pentec Sports Centre on
Saturday was the best ever attended with 275 fighters and 57 kata competitors taking
part. In the boys u­15 open weight final Dane Brand (Durbanville High) (left) blocks the
low kick of the eventual winner Georgi Krastev (Fairmont High). The mens open division
was won by Xolani Qhinga (CPUT) while the women’s open was won by Kim Julies from
Woodlands. According to the African chairman Hennie Bosman the standard was the
highest ever and the training group to prepare for the World Junior Tournament in Russia
in December will be selected this week.
PHOTO: ANDRÉ BAKKES